Camp Shetjeh

Camp Shetjeh was a Ptolemaic Egyptian military encampment located to the west of Siwa during the 1st century BC. It was located at the foot of the hills to the west of the town, and Ptolemy XIII had his lieutenant Medunamun build a camp of several tents and wooden palisades to house the town's garrison. Ptolemy dispatched a garrison to the remote town to consolidate his hold over it as his sister Cleopatra waged civil war against him during a struggle for the throne. In 48 BC, the medjay Bayek toppled the base and secured the blacksmith Benipe's tools for him.